Description

ST4615 NORTON SUB HAMDON CP HIGHER STREET (West side)
9/224 Shepherds Cottage
(formerly listed as Pair of
Cottages - formerly called
Peacehaven), and front boundary
wall with gateway
19.4.61
GV II
Detached house. C17. Ham stone cut and squared, ashlar dressings; double Roman clay tiles between high coped gables,
suggesting former thatch; brick end chimney stacks. Two storeys, 5 bays. Hollow-chamfer mullioned windows in chamfered
recesses, all 2-light with horizontal-bar glazing, lower windows with labels; to lower bay 3 a moulded cambered-arched
doorway with incised spandrils and separate label, with boarded door. Single-storey lean-to against south gable,
outshut to rear. Interior not seen. About 4 metres east of house the boundary walls, about 1.2 metre high, in coursed
rubble with plain coping having curved Sweeps up to gateway piers opposite door to house; piers square, about 2.25m
high, with cornice caps and stepped pyramid caps, wrot-iron gate between, the whole adding to the setting of the
house.

Listing NGR: ST4665715548

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26551695

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Recommended Books

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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Leeds, Bradford and the North (Pevsner Architectural Guides / Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Warwickshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)